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  • Moffat said the first two episodes of the new series – which feature a mystery alien species known as the Silents – is the scariest opener to any Doctor Who series yet.

    Doctor Who: it's back – promising to be the scariest and darkest yet 2011

  • Wiveliscombe Silent Film Festival (aka Silents in the Hills i.e. the Quantocks) takes place in the small Somerset town on 14-16 November.

    The Bioscope 2008

  • Though I couldn't help but notice that all of the designations would make terrific band names Did you know that Rahm Emanuel was the front man for the "Strong and Silents"?

    A Taxonomy of Delegates - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • The generations included in the survey – just to keep up our marketing cred here – included the Silents (ages 63 to 83), along with Generation X (ages 32 to 43), Generation Y (31 and younger), and Boomers themselves (ages 44 to 62).

    Stereotypes Go Boom (The Boomer Blog) 2008

  • I completely agree with you on "Silents & Talkies," & will look forward to checking out your other picks as well.

    This Just In... Jacqueline T Lynch 2009

  • To a newer blog “Silents and Talkies” where the artistry of film is so deftly interpreted by the artist Kate Gabrielle.

    This Just In... Jacqueline T Lynch 2009

  • The Silent Generation had one of the worst ever: they went through the "sexual revolution" at the same time as the Boomers - except the Boomers were doing it at 18, and the Silents were doing it at 38 with their spouse and kids at home.

    cuz you're lonely in your nightmare let me in 2009

  • For example, three-quarters of Millennials have created a profile on a social networking site, compared with half of Xers, 30% of Boomers and 6% of Silents.

    Strange Attractor » 2010 » February 2009

  • The Silent Generation had one of the worst ever: they went through the "sexual revolution" at the same time as the Boomers - except the Boomers were doing it at 18, and the Silents were doing it at 38 with their spouse and kids at home.

    a bright orange bag on the carousel 2009

  • To a newer blog “Silents and Talkies” where the artistry of film is so deftly interpreted by the artist Kate Gabrielle.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Jacqueline T Lynch 2009

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